3.1 Passenger ships
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3.1 Passenger ships

 Passenger ships shall comply with the requirements of 2.2 and 2.3.

  3.1.1 In addition, the angle of heel on account of crowding of passengers to one side as defined below shall not exceed 10°.

  3.1.1.1 A minimum weight of 75 kg shall be assumed for each passenger except that this value may be increased subject to the approval of the Administration. In addition, the mass and distribution of the luggage shall be approved by the Administration.

  3.1.1.2 The height of the centre of gravity for passengers shall be assumed equal to:

  • .1 1 m above deck level for passengers standing upright. Account may be taken, if necessary, of camber and sheer of deck; and

  • .2 0.3 m above the seat in respect of seated passengers.

  3.1.1.3 Passengers and luggage shall be considered to be in the spaces normally at their disposal, when assessing compliance with the criteria given in 2.2.1 to 2.2.4.

  3.1.1.4 Passengers without luggage shall be considered as distributed to produce the most unfavourable combination of passenger heeling moment and/or initial metacentric height, which may be obtained in practice, when assessing compliance with the criteria given in 3.1.1 and 3.1.2, respectively. In this connection, a value higher than four persons per square metre is not necessary.

  3.1.2 In addition, the angle of heel on account of turning shall not exceed 10° when calculated using the following formula:

 where:

  • M R = heeling moment (kNm)

  • v 0 = service speed (m/s)

  • L WL = length of ship at waterline (m)

  • Δ = displacement (t)

  • d = mean draught (m)

  • KG = height of centre of gravity above baseline (m).


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